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Murphysboro CUSD 186 assistant principals report falling referrals, mixed attendance trends
Summary
At a regular Murphysboro CUSD 186 board meeting, assistant principals reviewed attendance and behavior data showing declines in referrals but ongoing chronic-absence concerns; the district described interventions including PBIS, SEL lessons and targeted family outreach.
Assistant principals presented attendance and behavior data to the Murphysboro CUSD 186 Board of Education, highlighting steady declines in disciplinary referrals alongside continuing concerns about chronic absenteeism.
The presentation, labeled by board staff as “assistant principal discipline data,” said the Illinois definition of chronic absenteeism—missing more than 10 days in a school year—drives much of the district’s monitoring and outreach. The high school report showed a state comparison figure of 39.7% for the school’s yellow-bar cohort versus a state average of 26.3%, and the presenters said the district recorded 86 high-school students with more than 10 absences in November. The presenters said the high school’s percentage was 27.3% in November and that some students counted at that point later transfer or drop out, so end-of-year numbers could shift.
Why it matters: chronic absenteeism and in-school behavior are the district’s stated levers for improving academic outcomes and state accountability measures; the board heard both current…
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